serotine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/|/-tɪn/    美 /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/|/-ˌtin/|/-ˌtaɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
形容词 adj.
  1. Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.

词形变化

serotines plural more serotine comparative most serotine superlative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”): see etymology 1.
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